ACT II Natural Popcorn
Products in ‘Crispies & Namkeen’ category range from 0.5 - 4
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- Fibre SourceProduct with decent amount of Dietary Fibre (5%-10% of day's recommended intake) is better than a similar one with zero or negligible amount of fibre) - at least it's a start!Packaged foods generally do not have Dietary fibre so a product with some amount of dietary fibre is always welcome.Fibre is not a nutrient but plays a key role in managing your body regularities - Bowel movement - Keeping constipation at bay, a control on Blood Sugar spike and check on blood cholesterol.However, follow the principle of balance and don't go overboard by eating only fibre rich food.
- Know your Ingredient - Edible Vegetable Fat“Edible Vegetable fats” in the ingredient list of a food product can be hydrogenated vegetable oil, bakery shortening, margarine, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils or Vanaspati (i.e. vegetable ghee). The keyword here is vegetable i.e. the fat is produced from a plant source not from animal source like milk.
Commonly, edible vegetable oil is converted from its liquid to solid or semi-solid form through the hydrogenation. The edible vegetable fat produced in this manner may also contain some amount of Trans Fat, whose consumption should be restricted.
However, some companies use edible vegetable fat produced from more advanced processing like fractionation thereby making it, trans fat free. - Loaded with FATEnergy available from a food is based on Carbohydrate, Fat and Protein present in it. The ideal ratio of energy obtained from these components is 65% from Carbohydrates, 20% from Fat and 15% from protein.More than 30% of energy available in this product is from FAT, which is 50% more than the ideal amount. Foods with High Fat are often loaded with Saturated Fat and Trans Fat both of which contribute to life style diseases including diabetes, obesity or Cardiovascular.Again, one should not go on the other extreme of having low fat diet as some amount of fat is required for various bodily functions like storing of energy, absorption of fat soluble vitamins such Vitamin A, D, E and K, insulate us and protect vital organs besides synthesis of specific hormones and cell membrane formation.Thus, it is important to eat food which has each nutrient in the right quantity and limit food products that give too much of one nutrient.
- May Have Trans fatTrans fat is generated when Polyunsaturated Fat based oil is heated in presence of moisture at high temperature for long duration.Increasing awareness about ill effects of Trans Fat and Food Laws, have resulted in many of the food manufacturing companies changing oil and cooking method to make their products Trans Fat Free.The Indian Food Law allows products with less 0.2 grams per serving size to claim Trans Fat Free. Companies may use the trans fat law to their advantage by reducing the serving size to be within the criteria for calling their products Trans Fat Free.Look at the ingredient and nutrition label of Baked and Fried food packages carefully, they are expected to have Trans Fat.A Food product package that lists ʺhydrogenated oilʺ or "partially hydrogenated oil" may have Trans Fat. Sometimes the terms ʺhydrogenatedʺ and ʺpartially hydrogenatedʺ are used interchangeably.Thus, always check the product label. Take note of the serving size and also of terms such as - 'hydrogenated oil', 'partially hydrogenated oil' , 'vegetable shortening' , ‘ Bakery shortening’, 'margarine' ,'edible vegetable fat' . These are synonyms for presence of trans fats.
Disclaimer:Product Analysis is based on general practices in the field of Nutrition. Please check with or consult a qualified and licensed medical professional for its suitability to you.
